Building the Science of Public Reporting (R21)

Post Date

January 23rd 2012

Application Due Date

March 28th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-HS-12-004

CFDA Number(s)

93.226

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Eligibility Categories

County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $14000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

Purpose. This AHRQ FOA solicits R21 Exploratory / Developmental grant applications that propose to build the scientific evidence base for effective public reporting for consumers through innovative, actionable studies that address pressing questions in the field. A number of studies suggest that consumers infrequent use of public reports of health care quality and resource use is due to reports poor design, irrelevant content, and inadequate dissemination, rather than a lack of consumer interest. Early evidence suggests that consumers want easy-to-understand, readily accessible reports that allow them to compare providers and sites of care based on quality and value at key decision points. In order for public reporting to be effective, reports need to provide consumers with transparent, timely information they can trust to help inform their conversations with providers and payers, and guide their health care decisions.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

• Agency Contact:

  NIH OER Webmaster
  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

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• Agency Email Address:

  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-12-004.html